Bill DeRouchey
@billder.bsky.social
Writing the book on the History of the Button. Give me some time on it. Publishing a zine called ply.space. Against everything happening within the White House.
Just realized that I went immediately from rereading Redshirts (by @scalzi.com) to rereading Red Mars (by Kim Stanley Robinson). What's next, Where the Red Fern Grows?
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Just realized that I went immediately from rereading Redshirts (by @scalzi.com) to rereading Red Mars (by Kim Stanley Robinson). What's next, Where the Red Fern Grows?
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Talk to the living while you're alive.
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Talk to the living while you're alive.
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It's the moment when he takes the medal out of the box and puts it on himself for me. That's one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen lol. He's so desperate to get it.
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's the moment when he takes the medal out of the box and puts it on himself for me. That's one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen lol. He's so desperate to get it.
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Has Trump died? Just checking.
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Has Trump died? Just checking.
An actual timeline cleanse
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
An actual timeline cleanse
How the hell did December happen?
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
How the hell did December happen?
Whoa. RIP Tom Stoppard. I had zero idea that he re/wrote most of the dialogue in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I mean, already respect, but moreso, respect.
Oh damn. Here’s @tcarmody.bsky.social’s appreciation of Stoppard and probably where I first learned of his Last Crusade rewrite, including that made up Charlemagne quote. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Rest in peace.
kottke.org/20/11/tom-st...
Rest in peace.
kottke.org/20/11/tom-st...
November 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Whoa. RIP Tom Stoppard. I had zero idea that he re/wrote most of the dialogue in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I mean, already respect, but moreso, respect.
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The crisis isn’t refugees. It’s not that one person committed one tragic crime and killed one other person. The crisis isn’t that America’s 250-year old history of hosting immigrants turned out to be a mistake.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The crisis isn’t refugees. It’s not that one person committed one tragic crime and killed one other person. The crisis isn’t that America’s 250-year old history of hosting immigrants turned out to be a mistake.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
Trump’s greatest fear. Our greatest achievement.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Trump’s greatest fear. Our greatest achievement.
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We're trying to do some good with this Black Friday period for Mat's course.
We've got an alternative coupon that will put £20 in Resilient Coders' pockets which both Mat and @piccalil.li match, turning that into a £60 donation.
A great org getting people into tech *for free*.
Use this link!
We've got an alternative coupon that will put £20 in Resilient Coders' pockets which both Mat and @piccalil.li match, turning that into a £60 donation.
A great org getting people into tech *for free*.
Use this link!
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We're trying to do some good with this Black Friday period for Mat's course.
We've got an alternative coupon that will put £20 in Resilient Coders' pockets which both Mat and @piccalil.li match, turning that into a £60 donation.
A great org getting people into tech *for free*.
Use this link!
We've got an alternative coupon that will put £20 in Resilient Coders' pockets which both Mat and @piccalil.li match, turning that into a £60 donation.
A great org getting people into tech *for free*.
Use this link!
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
Hey, what a surprise. “X” new Accounts feature reveals that most MAGA online supporters live in other countries. The entire world, the uber rich world, is feeding off the rest of us. Time for this to end.
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hey, what a surprise. “X” new Accounts feature reveals that most MAGA online supporters live in other countries. The entire world, the uber rich world, is feeding off the rest of us. Time for this to end.
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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If this nation had moral standards, a pedophile would not be allowed to host a murderer in the Oval Office.
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If this nation had moral standards, a pedophile would not be allowed to host a murderer in the Oval Office.
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Trump shouldn’t be removed in an electoral vote or through death, he should be removed in handcuffs for the entire world to witness. We need tribunals and justice.
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump shouldn’t be removed in an electoral vote or through death, he should be removed in handcuffs for the entire world to witness. We need tribunals and justice.
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Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES
Release ALL the Epstein Files
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Release ALL the Epstein Files
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This is a 52-pound 9000+ page accordion-bound artist’s book of Donald Trump’s lies, conceived, printed, and bound by Jill and Ray Nichols of @leadgraffiti.bsky.social in Delaware. Each of the 9000 pages has the text (per the Washington Post) of one or more of Trump’s lies; none are repeated.
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is a 52-pound 9000+ page accordion-bound artist’s book of Donald Trump’s lies, conceived, printed, and bound by Jill and Ray Nichols of @leadgraffiti.bsky.social in Delaware. Each of the 9000 pages has the text (per the Washington Post) of one or more of Trump’s lies; none are repeated.
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The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.
www.thenation.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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